Specials

Quicksilver's Boston Marathon IPA

American IPA • All Grain • 11 gal

spothier

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Belgian Caramunich

Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

1 lbsTorrified Wheat

Torrified Wheat

Helps head retention and mouthfeel, used in some pale ales.

1.5 ozWarrior® - 16.7 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

Warrior®

New hop with much potential. Very stable.

1 ozPerle - 8.7 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

Perle

Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

1.0 ozCitra™ - 14.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

Citra™

Citra™ is a special aroma hop variety developed by the Hop Breeding Company (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC). It was released in 2007. Citra™ has fairly high alpha acids and total oil contents with a low percentage of cohumulone content. The variety imparts interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters to beer.

2 ozCascade - 6.8 AA% pellets; added dry to secondary fermenter

Cascade

Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

2 tspIrish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

Irish Moss

A dried red-brown marine algae. Fining agent to remove large proteins. Negatively charged polymer attracts positively charged protein-tannin complexes (extracted from grain husks and hops) during the boil. This action is aided by the clumping of proteins in the boiling process. Irish moss settles to the bottom of the brew kettle with spent hops and hot break material at the end of the boil.

Wyeast 1450 Denny’s Favorite 50

Wyeast 1450 Denny’s Favorite 50

This terrific all-round yeast can be used for almost any beer style, and is a mainstay of one of our local homebrewers, Mr. Denny Conn. It is unique in that it produces a big mouthfeel and accentuates the malt, caramel, or fruit character of a beer without being sweet or under-attenuated.

Notes

Brewed 4/17/13 I'm trying Wyeast Denny's Favorite 50 on this batch. Racked to one 6 gallon carboy and one 5 gallon carboy. Mashed at 152F for 60 minutes sparged for 90 minutes at 170F. Boiled for 60 minutes adding hops per schedule. Cooled to 75F and added yeast which was pitched into a malt starter to both carboys.

Belgian Caramunich

Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

.5 lbs

Torrified Wheat

Torrified Wheat

Helps head retention and mouthfeel, used in some pale ales.

1 lbs

Hops

Total:5.5 oz

Kettle Gravity:1.054

Quantity

Boiled

Proportion

Bitterness

Utilization

Warrior®(16.7%)

Warrior®

New hop with much potential. Very stable.

1.5 oz

60 min

Perle(8.7%)

Perle

Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy

1 oz

30 min

Citra™(14.5%)

Citra™

Citra™ is a special aroma hop variety developed by the Hop Breeding Company (a joint venture between John I. Haas, Inc. and Select Botanicals Group, LLC). It was released in 2007. Citra™ has fairly high alpha acids and total oil contents with a low percentage of cohumulone content. The variety imparts interesting citrus and tropical fruit characters to beer.

1.0 oz

15 min

Cascade(6.8%)

Cascade

Spicy with citrus notes. Slightly grapefruity.

2 oz

Dry Hop

Discussion

spothier

Racked to secondary

2013-05-03 10:56am

Added 1 oz of cascade to each 5 gallon carboys. Looked nice and clear and tasted great. Should be what I want my house brew on tap to be like. Everyone liked it the last two times I brewed this.

The Wyeast Denny's Favorite 50 yeast was still slightly active in the secondary after hopping with 1 oz of Cascade. I kegged it today anyway and it tasted great if you like a citrus hopped IPA which I do. Should be another very drinkable brew ;-)

spothier

Went quick 10 gallons in less than a month with a little help from my friends ;-)

2013-06-04 10:29am

Very tasty IPA which went quickly. I think the Wyeast Denny's had much to do with it's flavor and this is the best variation I've made of this ale.